Laboratory characteristics of recent hepatitis A in Korea: Ongoing epidemiological shift

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1115-1118

  Moon, Hee Won ^a   Cho, Jin Hee ^a   Hur, Mina ^a   Yun, Yeo Min ^a   Choe, Won Hyeok ^a   Kwon, So Young ^a   Lee, Chang Hong ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis A virus; Korea; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; KOREA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77949432844     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i9.1115     Document Type: Article

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